When they enter the house for the first time "they gather and go straight to the stove", this concept is repeated throughout the time spent in the house and represents that men want the cold, hard facts and nothing else. The stove is found only in the kitchen where there are women and it is the women who solve the crime. Other important symbols include the sewing box, half-completed work, and the bird with the broken birdcage. Mrs Wright was "a bit like a bird herself", in the sense that she was the bird and Mr Wright was the broken birdcage. The bird's cage was broken because the bird wanted to get rid of it, being literally her husband. The broken birdcage also represents that Mr. Wright is now broken, meaning that he is dead and is no longer able to trap the bird or Mrs. Wright. Sexism was evident in society during the “Trifles” era and is challenged by Susan Glaspell's female characters through structure, setting and symbolism. Back then it was highly frowned upon that women were superior to men and even today men do not want women to be equal to them let alone superior to them. So for a woman to achieve the greatest victory, as demonstrated by Mrs. Hale and Peters, she must do so